Modular system for food assembly

A food production station for assembling units of a food product type comprising:

• a manual assembly zone and an autonomous assembly zone
• the manual assembly zone comprising:
• a food prep surface located at a work surface height above the autonomous assembly zone and configured for manual preparation of units of the food product type;
• and
• a receptacle configured to receive a sequence of food hoppers configured to store ingredients for manual preparation of a food product type on the food prep surface;
• the autonomous assembly zone comprising:
• a sequence of module housings:
• supporting the food prep surface at the work surface height;
• and
• configured to transiently house a sequence of food dispensing modules configured to store and dispense amounts of ingredients for autonomous preparation of units of the food product type;
• and
• a conveyor:
• located adjacent the sequence of food dispensing modules;
• and
• configured to transfer a set of food containers along the sequence of food dispensing modules for dispensation of ingredients into the set of food containers;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• receive a set of food orders;
• and
• coordinate motion of the conveyor and selectively trigger the sequence of food dispensing modules to dispense amounts of ingredients into the set of food containers to assemble units of the food product type according to the set of food orders.